Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-10-15
a MISSIONARY PIG.
How Seven Kansas Children Remembered
the Cause of Missions.

How Seven Kansas Children Remembered
the Cause of Missions.
II This particular pig was born on a
homestead farm in Riley County, Kan
sas, in February, 1888. There are seven
children in the family-fve boys and
two girls-and there were five pigs for.
them to feed. A happy thought of the
children's mother, who has few relig-
ious privileges for her nestlings, sug-
gested that one of the youthful porkers
be given to missions; and forthwith
that was his name, Missionary Pig
4 And the way that pig craunched the
corn and laid on fat was something
wonderful. He had only one short
year of life, but it was life of activity
and development worth recording; for
in February, 1884, they brought that
pig to the Telephone office, to be di-
vided among the missions. Now the
editor of this paper has little skill in
carving ordinary meat, but when it
comes to cutting up a missionary
Pig" he is very happy; and would not
j}mind trying his hand on whole drove
/! of such pigs.
: But we doubt if any of our readers
would have recognized that pig with
out ticket saying where he wanted to
i go. He was yellow, as yellow as gold,
4 possibly because of the yellow corn he
had eaten. And then he was so round,
4 almost as round as a twenty-dollar gold
4 piece. And the editor lay awake a
little while that night, thinking how he
/ would divide that pig. One thing was
/ certain, those seven children should
have something to remember the pig
by. And as he lay thinking all at once
the tears came into his eyes and drip
ped down upon his pillow, for he re-
membered that there was another little
girl in that family, the oldest one, who
!, had been with Jesus several years; and
I SO sixteen shares, two apiece, for eight
children, were bought in the new mis-
I sion ship, 1.-The Morning Star" When
I Captain Bay sails to far off Kusaie in
Micronesia, to carry provisions and
! Bibles to Brother and Sister Walkup,
who went from Kansas, a part of that
pig will be down in the engine-room.
OF up in the sails, helping to carry the
gospel to the Islands of the Sea. And
then the editor thought those chill
rem would want to know all about their
: shares, and how the missions got along,
and so he bought two missionary pa
/ pers to go to their post-of1ice for year.
And knowing how much interest Miss
Wright, of Harpoot, Turkey takes in
Kansas, small piece of the pig was
sent that way because when those chill
dren read her nice letters in the Teze-
phone they will think about the girls
she is teaching; and little larger piece
was sent to Utah, to help Miss Lester
tell the Mormon children about our
Saviour. Quite q slice was given to
the American Board, because that is
the broadcast, soundest and best board
the editor ever heard of. Perhaps they
have sent their part of this missionary
pig to Japan, or China, or Africa. One
thing is sure, wherever it has gone it
has done good. And the largest piece
OF all was given to Home Missions,
that the country where these children
who fed the pig are to grow up, may
oe Immanuels land. Little did this
pig think, as he was granting and
growing up, how many lands he would
visit and bless. And if the Lord s peo-
pie only knew how much good one pig
can do, they would set apart many such
pigs.-Kansas Telephone.